News ► Jump Festa 2014 Coverage!

[Oracle Spockanort]

Jump Festa 2014, taking place at at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan from December 21st-22nd, is home to a variety of Japanese anime, manga, and video game previews that no fan should ever miss. This year we are lucky enough to get the chance to see a great line-up of announced games from Square Enix, and hopefully there will be a few surprises along the way.

Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- will be shown off at Jump Festa 2014 with a brand-new trailer and a demo of the high definition remaster collection at the Square Enix booth. Fans in attendance will get to experience:

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix:

• Halloween Town
• Beast's Castle

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix:

• Castle of Dreams (Ventus)
• Radiant Garden (Aqua)
• Enchanted Dominion (Terra)

For those of us unable to attend the event, the new Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- trailer will be streamed on NicoNico Live between 12:45 - 14:25 Japan Time on Saturday, will get an encore showing from 11:30 - 12:55 JT on Sunday. You must have a NicoNico Douga account to be able to view the live programs. 

Other games to appear alongside Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- include Bravely Default: For the Sequel, Bravely Second, Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster, Final Fantasy VI for smartphones, Dragon Quest VIII, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, and more. And while there is no announcement of Kingdom Hearts III's inclusion at the event, many fans do hope to see it along with Final Fantasy XV and who knows what could happen during these two days.

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Youtube to stay up to date on all of the updates that will come from the event and to stay up-to-date with all of the latest Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- & Kingdom Hearts 3 news!

Note: All updates will be listed under local time (GMT 9+); Jump Festa's operating hours are 9:00 - 17:00 JT both days.

Day 0 - Friday, December 20th 2013

5:12 PM - Square Enix product manager Hidemi Matsuzuka takes picture of Square Enix Merchandise booth. via Twitter 

5:49 PM - Square Enix Events shares photo of the various game demo booths at Jump Festa. Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX-'s booth is shown where the playable demo of the collection is available to the public. The top menu screens of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and Birth By Sleep Final Mix (Aqua's scenario) is visible in the picture. via Facebook

 

Day 1 - Saturday, December 21st 2013

9:07AM - Twitter user usamasuku shares photo of the Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- booth where a shot of Christmas Town in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix can be seen. via Twitter

9:07AM - aibo_ac7 from FFReunion shows off the Christmas postcards being handed out at the Square Enix booth. Final Fantasy XV & Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- send their holiday wishes. via Twitter [2]

9:13AM - aibo_ac7 takes a picture of the demo booth, showing some of Halloween Town off. via Twitter

9:14AM - "KH1.5 was beautiful, and 2.5 looks even more beautiful!" via Twitter

9:34AM - The official Square Enix PR Twitter shares another photo of the Square Enix booth. More of Christmas Town is visible. "Jump Festa 2014 is taking place today and tomorrow! Releasing next week, you can try out the Vita version of FFX/X-2! You can also try KH2.5 ReMIX and FFTCC. Please come visit!" via Twitter

9:40AM - aibo_ac7 provides a summary of the Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- trailer! "After watching the PV for KH HD 2.5 ReMIX, it showed Atlantica*, Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas, a black coated person going towards Sora, "Why did the Keyblade choose you?" Is this a new person?" via Twitter

9:48AM - ArikaMiz says that you cannot change commands or open the menu in the Birth By Sleep Final Mix demo. via Rebirth Wings

9:56AM - "2.5 showed, KH2: Roxas waking up from bed, Axel, Namine's lower half of her face, and the King fighting. BBS: Shows Terra and Aqua before Eraqus/Master Xehanort, Terra flying on his Keyblade towards a garden?, Aqua appears, Terra and Cinderella are shown as well." via Twitter

10:07AM - More pictures of the Square Enix booth, showing off Bravely Second, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, and Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster. via Facebook

10:52AM - Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] Sora & Riku Play Arts Kai are some of the merchandise on display at the Square Enix booth. via Twitter

11:06AM - Check out this photo of the Meowjesty Kingdom Hearts Character Strap! They are only sold at Square Enix events and ARTNIA, the official Square Enix café. via Twitter

1:11PM - Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- trailer plays on NicoNico Live stream!

1:22PM - We have uploaded the 2.5 ReMIX trailer for you all to view! Check it out below:

2:56PM - "There is no confirmation of a damage icon change in BBS" via ArikaMiz

5:00PM - Goldpanner has translated ArikaMiz's demo impressions which you can read here! via ArikaMiz

6:10PM - Famitsu talks about their impressions of the demos, as well as uploads two images (1) (2) via Famitsu.

6:50PM - Aibo_ac7 uploads a few photos from Jump Festa to Flickr, featuring Christmas Town Goofy and merchandise! (1) (2) (3) via Flickr

11:01PM - 0408mark58 uploads images showing off the HD upgrade in Birth by Sleep! (1) (2) (3) (4) via Twitter.

Day 2, Sunday 22nd December

12:16AM - Goldpanner has translated Famitsu's impressions of Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX-, which you can read here!

 

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[Chaser]

Very exciting stuff. The look of the demos is super exciting! Hope some videos come out of this :>

 

[Solo]

I hope it's not sinful of me to find the huge Slime more enticing than 2.5's booth. But still, for some reason, I love the white-themed signboard with Sora and Roxas on either side.

I guess this thread will get really crowded in a few hours... I'm looking forward to see what comes up next.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Too tired to care I'm going to bed

(but yay, BBS)

 

[Chaser]

Too tired to care I'm going to bed

(but yay, BBS)

When those images come out of HD bbs on big tvs i will weep

Edit: damn the KH 2.5 poster just says coming soon.

 

[Sephiroth0812]

That blue "blob" on the second screenshot actually reminds me of Monsieur, the spirit from the springs of myst in the .hack// games, lol.

 

[Wander]

As a fan of the Dragon Quest series, that slime gets me excited every time!
The 2.5 signboard also looks really cool, if they made a poster for that I would be throwing my money at it.

 

[iDrops]

I didn't know Jump Festa was already starting. This was a nice surprise.

I can't wait for the trailer, it's going to look so pretty in HD. I'm soo excited~

 

[Solo]

That blue "blob" on the second screenshot actually reminds me of Monsieur, the spirit from the springs of myst in the .hack// games, lol.

It's a slime, which is to Enix just like how chocobo is to Square. I heard that chances are when you show a picture of one to Japanese people and ask what it is, they will be able to answer that it's a slime.

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How I wish slimes, probably Rocket, would make cameo appearances in KH3...

 

[Launchpad]

Having a hard time getting fired up about this one.. seeing some straight up HD BBS gameplay should make me happy, though.

Not much else to say? :tongue:

 

[Chaser]

Having a hard time getting fired up about this one.. seeing some straight up HD BBS gameplay should make me happy, though.

Not much else to say? :tongue:

We assure you that your wishes will be filled by this time tomorrow (we really hope).

 

[Megavoltage]

All those games sound good. I'm especially hyped about 2.5, can't wait for it!

 

[WanPisu]

Hype, hype, hype! Get on the Hypewagon!

 

[Nazo]

Do you guys notice how the big pictures above the demos have their release windows?

CAN ANYONE READ WHAT IT SAYS FOR 2.5?

 

[WanPisu]

Do you guys notice how the big pictures above the demos have their release windows?

CAN ANYONE READ WHAT IT SAYS FOR 2.5?

"Coming 2014" is what I can make out.

 

[Solo]

That's my guess as well, which is likely considering the 2-like curve eclipsed by that guy's head.

Too bad, it seems there's no range. But I'd bet that the Japanese release would be somewhere around March or April.

 

[Nazo]

That's my guess as well, which is likely considering the 2-like curve eclipsed by that guy's head.

Too bad, it seems there's no range. But I'd bet that the Japanese release would be somewhere around March or April.

I thought that, considering this is a Japanese event, they might have a release window or even the date. You can see it on FFX/X-2's board, although that one was posted before Jump Festa. Obviously I'm not expecting the Western release announcement until early next year. I was hoping that maybe they were planning to give the release date here and so they already had it on the board too.

But maybe they're waiting to formally announce it when the event actually starts?

 

[Sign]

I thought that, considering this is a Japanese event, they might have a release window or even the date. You can see it on FFX/X-2's board, although that one was posted before Jump Festa. Obviously I'm not expecting the Western release announcement until early next year. I was hoping that maybe they were planning to give the release date here and so they already had it on the board too.

But maybe they're waiting to formally announce it when the event actually starts?

Keep your expectations low in case of anything.

 

[WastedPenguin]

Am i the only one who still can't believe that we finally (after so many years of hoping and waiting) get localized Versions of the Final Mixes?

 

[Solo]

That's how I felt when 1.5 was announced. To finally be able to play KHFM in English was a long-time dream come true... and right now it's double the excitement since both KH2FM and BbSFM are going to be there.